Lt. Morgan reporting for ... some shit (tag to police types, OTA)

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So, Deb woke up with a motherfucker of a hangover. Her head felt like a big balloon filled with cement that was mixed with tequila. Fuck. Gabriel must've gotten her back to her room because she sure as shit didn't remember getting there

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[yippiekiyaymf]

A beefy bald guy aopeared in the doorway.

"Can I help you?"

[yippiekiyaymf]

"Yeah, it's not just a job, it's a mental illness." John chuckled, then leaned forward and fixed his eyes on hers.

"You're a cop, so you'll do what it takes to do the job, no matter how weird things get."

[efffthisshhhht]

Exhaling sharply, Deb sat up a little straighter. She liked John. Like a lot. He reminded her of Lundy, which, yeah, wasn't a great thing, but fuck it. "Yes, sir, I will," she said. "Now give it all to me," she added with a gesture. "Lay it all on. What else do I need to know."

[yippiekiyaymf]

"No one knows what all we need to know. People come here from other worlds that aren't like ours, and aren't like each others. So what works against ghosts and demons and vampires from one world doesn't work on those from another. So you study. You find out all you can from references and from people who are used to dealing with them. Helen Magnus, Rupert Giles, Dean Winchester (he's one of the two I had to arrest last weekend) they're all good sources." That he arrested one of his sources might tell he something about John's approach to policing, namely, he didn't play favorites.

[efffthisshhhht]

"Okay, so ... we don't know shit and fly by the seat of our pants. That about it?" Deb wasn't averse to research - she was good at it, even. "Oh, and you're a hard-ass." But she smiled. That was a compliment.

[yippiekiyaymf]

"That's about the size of it," on both counts. He took a breath and settled back again.

"But that's not the worst of it."

[efffthisshhhht]

"Oh, good!" Deb grimaced and nodded. "Lay it on me."

[yippiekiyaymf]

"There are people who expect to be protected. There's a police station, there are handcuffs and cells, but there is no court system...because there are no laws."

[efffthisshhhht]

"No laws?" Deb scoffed. "That doesn't even make any fucking sense. How can you have police without laws?! How do you even arrest someone?!"

[yippiekiyaymf]

"Circumspectly." He looked at her steadily. "You don't go abusing your authority because you don't have any, but as long as you're enforcing what people expect the laws to be, people haven't really added up that there aren't any. But that means I don't give a damn about victimless crimes, If people want to smoke a joint, I don't give a shit. I don't care who people want to have sex with (as long as both people are capable of giving consent and do so) or marry. One of your fellow officers just became the second wife of another citizen. She, he, and his first wife all agreed to it, so I don't care."

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Slumping back again, Deb pinched her nose. This wasn't the great stuff to hear about with a headache. "So, we're Golden Rule-ing it? That's what you're telling me? Christ."

[yippiekiyaymf]

"Usually, I just go by 'John'," he chuckled. It was a sympathetic chuckle though. "I shouldn't joke though. Hell, He could show up. We've got angels and demons after all."

[efffthisshhhht]

"Yeah, sure, why not?" Deb drawled. "I don't even know what the fuck to do with all of this you're telling me. I'm fucking hung over as shit and I'm gonna be working with a vampire."

[yippiekiyaymf]

"No, you're going to be working with a werewolf, and helping protect vampires...at least the peaceful ones." But in addition to the smart-assed remarks, she also got a bottle of tylenol, and a bottle of water.

[efffthisshhhht]

"... thanks." Deb downed two pills and half the bottle of water. "So ... I mean, just to be clear - " because she didn't read books much - "who am I protecting 'peaceful' vampires from?"

[yippiekiyaymf]

"From people who go into their bars and pick fights, or people who'd attack them for what they are, regardless of what they have or haven't done."